Industrial hemp licensing statistics for 2018

This report was generated using Health Canada data available from January 1, 2018 to February 4, 2019.

The Industrial Hemp Regulations define “industrial hemp” as a cannabis plant – or any part of that plant – in which the concentration of THC is 0.3% (w/w) or less in the flowering heads and leaves. A licence from Health Canada is required to possess, cultivate, sell/provide, process, produce a derivative, import and/or export industrial hemp.

Industrial hemp commercial licences and registries by province
Province	Total licences and registries^{Footnote 1}	Licences and registries for cultivation
Alberta	335	184 (55%)
British Columbia	61	31 (51%)
Manitoba	202	99 (49%)
New Brunswick	41	33 (80%)
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	0 (0%)
Nova Scotia	10	5 (50%)
Ontario	111	75 (68%)
Prince Edward Island	21	16 (76%)
Quebec	150	106 (71%)
Saskatchewan	294	162 (55%)
Total	1,226	711 (58%)
Footnote 1 A licence was issued to a specific site where more than one regulated activity may be conducted. A licence holder might have been granted licences for multiple activities at multiple sites. As per the Section 56 Class Exemption in place prior to October 17, 2018, a licence could have provided a blanket authorization for cultivation of industrial hemp at any site. Registration of the cultivation site information was required and could have been submitted to Health Canada either at the time of licence application, or within 15 days after seeding on the “Notification of Cultivation of Industrial Hemp” form. A site where only cultivation occurred was called a “Registry”, and was not issued a licence. Return to footnote 1 referrer

2018 Registered hectarage for cultivation of industrial hemp by approved cultivar by province
Approved cultivar	Hectarage (HA)
Approved cultivar	AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NS	ON	PEI	QC	SK	Total
Altair	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	22.28	0	4.72	0	27.02
Angie	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.08
Anka	117.85	22.23	0.04	327.70	0	0	230.82	3.20	124.65	0	826.49
Canda	42.25	4.33	906.38	16.51	0	0.09	61.34	0	0	127.46	1,158.36
CanMa	60.70	0	151.99	0	0	30.35	1.00	25.07	766.76	0	1,035.87
Carmagnola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
Carmen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0	0	0	1.48
CFX-1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	1.28	0	24.00	124.05	149.37
CFX-2	564.25	11.21	419.47	0	0	0	0.01	0	99.08	140.48	1,234.49
Crag	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0	0	0	2.02
CRS-1	38.10	4.05	160.73	0	0	0	0	17.60	0	0.045	220.53
CS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
Delores	4.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	4.08
ESTA-1	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	0	0	0	0	4.05
Ferimon	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0.80	0	182.57	0	183.47
FINOLA	7,149.46	46.41	1,172.72	22.52	0	0	837.69	0	84.97	3,373.74	12,687.51
Georgina	0	0	0	2.00	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	2.25
Grandi	0	0.28	230.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	802.13	1,033.28
GranMa	0	0	29.32	0	0	0	00	6.47	248.73	0	284.52
Joey	0.06	33.87	427.92	17.93	0	0	0.64	0	0	144.08	624.50
Jutta	0	0	0	0	0	0	185.69	0	0	0	185.69
Katani	2,071.81	43.47	282.64	0	0	0	32.16	91.91	0.80	1,702.65	4,225.44
Martha	0	0	0	11.00	0	0	8.50	0	0	0	19.50
Picolo	658.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161.91	820.00
Quida	0	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.12
Silesia	0.05	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07
USO 31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.52	0	10.00	0	14.52
Victoria	0	0	0	3.00	0	0.10	4.85	0	0	0	7.95
X-59 (Hemp Nut)	1,413.89	49.57	891.09	2.22	0	0.10	6.51	0	0	4,397.41	6,760.79
Other^{Footnote 2}	21.39	0	0.16	0	0	0	0.44	0	0.05	1.50	23.54
TOTAL	12,141.94	215.42	4,673.61	402.88	0	34.79	1,402.33	144.25	1,546.33	10,975.44	31,536.98
Footnote 2 These were non-approved varieties for plant breeding purposes. Return to footnote 2 referrer Note: No cultivation authorizations were issued for the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut. As per subsection 26(1) of the Industrial Hemp Regulations, a holder of a licence that authorizes cultivation, other than as a plant breeder, must sow only seed of pedigreed status that is of an approved cultivar listed on Health Canada’s current List of Approved Cultivars.

Industrial Hemp Section
Specialized Authorizations Division
Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch
Health Canada
E-mail: hc.hemp-chanvre.sc@canada.ca

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